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ISBN: 9781846685361 - All in a Don's Day

All in a Don's Day
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 1846685362 ISBN13: 9781846685361
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Apr 2012
Lets you share the author's 'terror of humiliation' as she enters 'hairdresser country' and follow her dilemma as she wanders through the quandary of illegible handwriting on examination papers and 'longing for the next dyslexic' - on whose paper... More

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Pompeii
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 1846684714 ISBN13: 9781846684715
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Nov 2010
'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy - scrutinising and animated in equal measure' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail 'This marvellous book won the... More

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Classics
John Henderson, Mary Beard

ISBN10: 0192853856 ISBN13: 9780192853851
Publisher: Oxford University Press Oxford Paperbacks
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Feb 2000
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects -- from Islam to Sociology, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions... More

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It's a Don's Life
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 1846682517 ISBN13: 9781846682513
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Nov 2009
"While many scholars build careers through increasingly elaborate reconstructions of the ancient world, [Mary] Beard consistently stresses the limits of our knowledge, the precariousness of our constructs and the ambiguity or contradiction... More

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The Parthenon
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 1846683491 ISBN13: 9781846683497
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 May 2010
The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? This work tells the history and explains the significance... More

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ISBN: 9780674008076 - The Invention of Jane Harrison

The Invention of Jane Harrison
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 0674008073 ISBN13: 9780674008076
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 May 2002
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) is the most famous female Classicist in history, the author of books that revolutionized our understanding of Greek culture and religion. A star in the British academic world, she became the quintessential Cambridge... More

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The Roman Triumph
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 0674032187 ISBN13: 9780674032187
Publisher: Harvard University Press The Belknap Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 May 2009
A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph--but also its darker side. Beard opens a window onto the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of... More

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The Colosseum
Keith Hopkins, Mary Beard

ISBN10: 1846684706 ISBN13: 9781846684708
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Apr 2011
The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. The author tells the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the... More

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ISBN: 9780715629284 - Rome in the Late Republic

Rome in the Late Republic
Mary Beard, N Crawford

ISBN10: 071562928X ISBN13: 9780715629284
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Jan 2000
This well-established textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the late Republic, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions. More

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Pompeii
Mary Beard

ISBN10: 1861975961 ISBN13: 9781861975966
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Jul 2009
Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town. Pompeii... More

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